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| /meɪnˈteɪn/ |
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| 1 | to make something stay the same 保持；维持 |
| Maintaining your current weight through exercise and healthy eating is important. 通过锻炼和健康饮食来保持你目前的体重是很重要的。 |
| It’ s sometimes hard to maintain the right balance between your work and your home life. 有时要在工作和家庭生活之间保持恰当的平衡是很难的。 |
| maintain stability/continuity/the status quo the problem of maintaining social stability in a period of great economic change 在重大经济变革时期维持社会稳定的问题 |
| | 1a | to continue to communicate with someone and not allow a relationship to end 保持（联系） | | maintain contact/relations/links Though now in government, he has maintained close contact with his former colleagues in the oil industry. 虽然现在供职于政府，他仍和以前在石油业的同僚保持着密切联系。 | |
| | 1b | to make sure that something stays at the same level , rate , or standard 确保 | | Some schools experienced difficulty in maintaining staffing levels. 有些学校在保持教职员工水平方面遇到了困难。 | | Regular inspections ensure that high safety standards are maintained. 定期检查可确保维持较高的安全标准。 | |
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| 2 | to make regular repairs to a building , road , vehicle etc so that it stays in good condition 修缮（房屋）；养护（道路）；修理（机器） |
| a lovingly maintained houseboat 精心保养的水上住宅 |
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| 3 | to continue to say that something is true , even if other people do not believe you 坚持；主张 |
| The missile system, Bush maintains, will protect the US against so-called rogue states. 布什坚持说导弹系统可以保护美国不受所谓的无赖国家的侵害。 |
| +(that) The company still maintains that the drug is safe. 公司仍然坚持认为这种药是安全的。 |
| maintain your innocence She maintained her innocence throughout the trial. 在整个庭审过程中她坚称自己是无辜的。 |
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| 4 | to provide someone with the money and other things that they need in order to live 赡养；抚养；养活 |
| He was barely earning enough to maintain himself. 他挣的钱勉强够养活自己。 |
| Words frequently used with maintain | | maintain 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | beautifully, immaculately, lovingly, poorly, properly, | 2 | | | |
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